Is Yahoo Shutting Down Del.icio.us? [Update: Yes] — For a couple of days now, we've been hearing rumors that the Yahoo layoffs included the entire Delicious team. Now Former Yahoo employee and Upcoming founder Andy Baio has tweeted out the above Yahoo! product team meeting slide that seems …

Apple's Mac App Store to Open on January 6 — Apple® today announced that the Mac® App Store℠ will open for business on Thursday, January 6. By bringing the revolutionary App Store experience to Mac OS® X, the Mac App Store makes discovering, installing and updating Mac apps easier than ever.

The next generation of mobile maps — I'm excited to announce Google Maps 5.0 for Android, with two significant new features: 3D interaction and offline reliability. We launched Google Maps for mobile a little more than five years ago. Since then, we've added dozens of features …

Apple to upgrade MacBook Pro and iMac in 1H11 — In addition to iPad, Apple is set to launch upgraded MacBook Pro and iMac models in the first half of 2011, according to sources from upstream component makers. — The sources noted that Apple plans to launch at least four upgraded MacBook Pros …

Nexus S Teardown — Nearly one year after the release of the Nexus One, Google, in partnership with Samsung, has released its second official phone the Nexus S. It has some fancy gimmicks features that separate it from other Android phones on the market, such as a curved display and the newest 2.3 Gingerbread update.

Making Photo Tagging Easier — Every day, people add more than 100 million tags to photos on Facebook. They do it because it's an easy way to share photos and memories. Unlike photos that get forgotten in a camera or an unshared album, tagged photos help you and your friends relive everything …

“At Apple you can get fired for saying K48” — A supplier is overheard tipping off a hedge fund about the project that became the iPad — The indictment. — On Oct. 1, 2009, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday, a Flextronics director named Walter Shimoon had a conversation with an an unnamed …

Safer plug-ins, faster search, and richer graphics — Last week, we previewed several upcoming features that will be available to users on Chrome and Chrome OS. Today we're excited to introduce a few of these new security, speed, and open web platform features into Chrome's beta channel.

Google, MySpace Finally Land New Ad Deal — Google and MySpace have finally struck a new ad deal, replacing the three-year, $900 million pact that expired this fall. The two companies aren't handing out details on the new pact, but have made it clear that it's not going to be anything like the old one …

Julian Assange freed on bail — WikiLeaks founder is wanted in Sweden for questioning over allegations of rape — Britain's high court today decided to grant bail to Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who is wanted in Sweden for questioning over allegations of rape.

Young and Mobile: A Global View of Cellphones and Youth — Nielsen's new whitepaper on Mobile Youth Around the World reveals that most young people with mobile phones chose their own device. In fact, across all the countries surveyed, only 16 percent of young people reported that their parents selected their mobile phone.

U.S. Urges Web Privacy ‘Bill Of Rights’ — The Obama administration called Thursday for the creation of a Privacy Policy Office that would help develop an Internet “privacy bill of rights” for U.S citizens and coordinate privacy issues globally. — The U.S. Commerce Department's report stopped short …

From signed up to satisfied — Getting new users is easy; keeping them is hard. Join Intercom co-founder Des Traynor as he explains how to bridge the gap between a company's initial traction and sustained success.